By Tatyana Hopkins (NNPA Newswire Special Correspondent) ARECIBO, Puerto Rico—When Howard University Student Jasmine Stevens fled New Orleans in 2005 to avoid Hurricane Katrina, she left with just enough clothes for two days. The Category 3 storm would cover her family’s neighborhood in eight-feet of water, destroy their belongings and force them to abandon their […]
Young, Gifted & Black Series: MPS Reagan Presidential Scholar Recipient Chooses Howard University for College
By Taki S. Raton July 24, 2015 YG&B is particularly proud in this week’s writing as our selection is one of our own whose accomplishments have placed her among the nation’s top high school academic achievers among the best of the very best. She is young, gifted & Black. Alethia Tilford […]
Anti-Gay Protest Backfires at Howard University
By Rachel Kersey April 24, 2015 Rachel Kersey is Special to NNPA from Howard University News Service. Westboro Baptist Church, the infamous unaffiliated church known for its hateful, unorthodox protests, especially against homosexuality, brought its hate speech to Howard University – and the university’s students and staff fought back. […]
HBCUs Divided Over Free Community College Plan
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent January 23, 2015 Howard University Campus WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Black college educators and supporters are sharply split over whether President Obama’s proposal to offer a free two-year community college education to students making progress toward earning an associate or bachelor’s degree would hurt are harm […]